Books Blog : witchcraft, gianthttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/witchcraft/giant/default.aspxTags: witchcraft, giantenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Bakerhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/02/07/the-little-giant-of-aberdeen-county-by-tiffany-baker.aspxSat, 07 Feb 2009 19:13:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1240HRevvdon@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1240http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/02/07/the-little-giant-of-aberdeen-county-by-tiffany-baker.aspx#comments<p><img width="100" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780446194204" height="150" style="float:left;" alt="" />I didn&#39;t know what to expect from <em><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search/X?SEARCH=The%20little%20giant%20of%20aberdeen%20County&amp;l=&amp;m=&amp;b=&amp;SORT=D&amp;Da=&amp;Db=">The Little Giant of Aberdeen County</a></em> (2009) by Tiffany Baker, it was recommended by a friend and I had not heard anything other than it is a first novel from Baker.</p>
<p>The story is about two children in a very small northeastern town.&nbsp; Serena Jane is the older child and is a beautiful petite child.&nbsp; Then there is the younger sister.&nbsp; When their mother is close to giving birth to the younger sister she is so big that the townspeople start taking bets on how many babies she will have.&nbsp; She has one very large child, and dies in childbirth.&nbsp; The doctor misunderstands the mother&#39;s delirious ramblings and names the child Truly.&nbsp; This is really Truly&#39;s&nbsp;story.&nbsp; Truly is large and keeps growing.</p>
<p>As children the two are separated at the death of their father - Truly to a poor and bad-luck farmer&#39;s family and Serena Jane to the preacher&#39;s home where she is pampered and coddled.&nbsp; Serena Jane&#39;s life is tangled with the town doctor&#39;s family and she marries his son, Robert Morgan - Bob Bob.&nbsp; She has a son and then runs off.&nbsp; Truly then becomes housekeeper and her life becomes tangled with Robert Morgan.</p>
<p>Truly realizes that an antique quilt holds the secrets of Robert Morgan&#39;s greatgreat-grandmother - reputed to be a witch.&nbsp; She learns the secrets of herbs and plants to help cure, and the secret of how they can harm or kill.&nbsp; At first the knowledge gives Truly something of her own to hang on to, but then she learns it can also be a burden if she does not use it correctly.</p>
<p>I enjoyed this book and thought it an impressive first novel.&nbsp; My one problem was that from time to time I forgot that it was not set in an earlier time, but in today&#39;s world.&nbsp; The book does not dwell on the reason for Truly&#39;s being a &quot;little giant&quot;, just that it makes her very different.&nbsp; I liked that.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1240" width="1" height="1">witchcraftgiantTiffany Bakerfirst novel